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On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:13 PM, theUKdude <theUKdude at theukdude.com> wrote:
>  A friend has a client who wants to have a site/cms etc built with
>  ColdFusion. However, he's under the impression it sucks and wants me to back
>  him up on that theory. I must admit, I've heard plenty of people say "Eeuugh
>  ... why?" when it comes to CF, but I basically know nothing about it. I'm
>  sure it must have its pros and cons, so would like to give him a balanced
>  view if possible ... so he can then just tell the client the cons
>  (probably).

The really great thing about ColdFusion is that it's easy to learn
(that's how I made the leap to server-side programming from HTML).

The really bad thing about ColdFusion is that it's easy to learn.

We don't use it for new stuff any more, though we still have legacy
systems using it. It's Java/JSP all the way now.

Tim